Where does “age” come from?

age (Latin) comes from Latin ago, from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.

age (Latin): well now, well then, come now; very well, good,...

Definitions

  1. well now, well then, come now; very well, good,...

Ancestry of “age”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinagoI act, I behave; I do or make continuously or...
2Proto-Italicagōdrive; push, impel; do, act
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éǵetito be driving
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive

Words derived from “age”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- →